Tales Of Suspense #72 (1965)

An inconsequential one-off in which Tony Stark laments the loss of his love Pepper Potts, and Iron Man laments the gain of Tony’s love, Pepper Potts. Check out that prose. Sheesh!

The good news is, it’s Don Heck’s last issue. The bad news is, it’s also Kirby’s last Cap. He stays on layouts, but his pencil work is done.

It’s hard to bust up the Captain America story in issue #72, because unlike the Iron Man story, it continues for several more issues. So why don’t we just say that in this issue, we learn that the prior solo Cap stories were actually narrated by…Captain America! (He was telling the stories to fellow Avengers Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and Hawkeye.)